Just a reminder - the last day of interventions is Friday, May 27.
Staffing Updates:
A couple staffing updates -
Mallory Baumann has accepted the 4th Grade Teaching position (4C). As you know, Madie Conley is leaving us to teach 5th Grade at East Lake (Apple Valley-Eagan-Rosemount District). Mallory attended UW-Eau Claire and did some student teaching and long-term subbing in Wisconsin in 1st and 4th Grade. We are excited to have her join us!
Molly Hoffman has resigned effective Tuesday, May 24. Molly will not be leaving the district, though. She is planning to do some substitute teaching next year. We will miss Molly at McKinley, but look forward to having her in a new role next year!
Jennifer Townsend has resigned effective June 2 (last student day). Jennifer has been a great addition to our EA team and has supported students (and staff) in so many ways.
Learning Work - Zaretta Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching:
As you remember, teaching staff received this book a year ago. Many of you did some reading over the summer and were ready to do some learning work this year. We postponed that learning work until next year. This is just a friendly reminder that if you want to spend some time reading/re-reading the book over the summer, we will use it for some discussions next year.
End of Year Checklists:
Before you leave on June 3, please print and complete the checklist. When you are done, give it to Steph or Justin.
Important Dates for 22-23:
Just sharing some of our important dates for the 2022-2023 school year, including Staff Power Hours, PLCs, leadership meetings, and McKinleyStrong Celebrations. We will send calendar invites out in late August. Please check this document before scheduling any appointments.
McKinleyStrong Celebration Video:
Here is the link to the video yesterday - if you, or your class, want to watch again!
Master Schedule (22-23):
Linked is the master schedule for the 22-23 school year. This is not finalized yet, so please keep that in mind. Also, we will walk through a process next fall on designing your classroom schedule. I have provided reading and math blocks (to ensure that EL, Special Ed, and MTSS work). However, these can be discussed if we need to move them.
Lockdown Practice Scenario - Monday:
Below is the scenario we are using for Monday's lockdown drill. The details of this email should NOT be shared with students (again, NOT shared). The reason I provide this is for you to process through what you would do in the event this occurred.
The below scenario involves a parent who has lost custody and has not seen their child in over a week. They can be very loud, confrontational, and impulsive with their previous interactions with staff.
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Someone propped open the north door (outside the art room), leaving access to the building. A parent, who is currently in a custody battle and should not be seeing their child, has entered the building at the north doors (by the art room). The person enters and asks many staff members, "Where is 2nd Grade?" One staff member looks concerned that the person is in the building and responds with "you should go check in the office" and walks away. The second staff member responds by pointing toward the Kindergarten entrance and says "go down that way" and walks away. The third staff member delays the person and motions for another person to "call the office right away". The office is notified; however, the person has started into Kindergarten shouting "WHERE is MY KID?" and looking through classrooms.
Due to entering at an undesignated door and the staff not responding right away, the office is delayed in their response to push the lockdown button and make an announcement. The announcement is made that "there is an unwanted person near the music and art room and has just entered the Kindergarten wing".
What is your response?
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You may want to problem solve this with your team or myself so you know your response.
Again, NO students should know the details of this.
Building Weekly Newsletter:
Have a great weekend, everyone!
-Justin
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